Titanium Metals Corporation, or most commonly referred to as TIMET, a shortened version of "TItanium METals" that is a registered company trademark. TIMET, founded in 1950, is an American manufacturer of

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-based metals products, focusing primarily on the

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industry headquartered in

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. Its major U.S. operations are based in

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;

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; and

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. Its overseas operations are primarily based in the

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(in

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and Witton) and in

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(in the village of

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). In September, 2007, TIMET entered into a ten-year supply agreement with United Technologies Corp (UTC). Under the agreement, TIMET would supply titanium to UTC for commercial and military aircraft and aircraft engines. In November 2012, the company was purchased for $2.9 billion by

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(PCC) and now operates under the PCC Metals Group Division. In January 2016, Precision Castparts Corp. became a subsidiary of

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